diff --git a/package/gr-osmosdr/gr-osmosdr.mk b/package/gr-osmosdr/gr-osmosdr.mk
index 316ed80887..0d1e4edb30 100644
--- a/package/gr-osmosdr/gr-osmosdr.mk
+++ b/package/gr-osmosdr/gr-osmosdr.mk
@@ -23,7 +23,9 @@ GR_OSMOSDR_CONF_OPTS = \
 GR_OSMOSDR_INSTALL_STAGING = YES
 
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_GNURADIO_PYTHON),y)
-GR_OSMOSDR_CONF_OPTS += -DENABLE_PYTHON=ON
+GR_OSMOSDR_CONF_OPTS += \
+	-DENABLE_PYTHON=ON \
+	-DPYTHON_INCLUDE_DIRS=$(STAGING_DIR)/usr/include/python$(PYTHON3_VERSION_MAJOR)
 GR_OSMOSDR_DEPENDENCIES += python3 host-python-six
 else
 GR_OSMOSDR_CONF_OPTS += -DENABLE_PYTHON=OFF